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Plans for a shared use path from Edgewater Park to West Boulevard Cudell Rapid station resurrected
STATE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING SPURS NEW EFFORT PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, June 26, 2026; Site of proposed shared use path at Lake Avenue and West Boulevard: (L-R) Ward 12 Cleveland City Council Representative Tanmay Shah, District 13 State Representative Tristan Rader, and Ward 11 Cleveland City Council Representative Nikki Hudson mount bicycles as they…
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Double-dealing from the start: The Gateway Board works for owners only
SCAN COURTESY OF ROLDO BARTIMOLE A May 3, 1990 ad in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that appeared under the headline ‘Who wins with Issue 2?” Under the headline Cleveland School children are shown holding a sign that says, “WE ALL DO”: The implication was the Cleveland school system would benefit from the passage of Issue…
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Can Brook Park collect enough new taxes to support its investment in a new stadium?
NO, AND TAXPAYERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR HIGHER TAXES by Alex Calder (Plain Press July 2026) The NFL is America’s most successful sports league. Since 2020, franchise values have increased in many cases by more than 100 percent. The Seattle Seahawks are expected to sell for more than $9 billion. Players also benefit from the…
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Cleveland teens get World Cup experience at Boston festival
(Plain Press July 2026) Six teens from Cleveland SCORES have been chosen to take part in an international youth festival connected to this year’s 2026 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup™ in Boston, one of the tournament’s host cities. The group from Cleveland SCORES, a nonprofit providing afterschool programming through soccer,…
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Community efforts result in newly redesigned Storer Park
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 6, 2025; Storer Park, W. 67th and Storer Avenue: Betty Jo Palmer celebrates at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the redesigned and refurbished Storer Park. Palmer initiated a “Light up the Park” campaign five years ago and worked persistently to build a coalition of supporters to see a community…
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Old Brooklyn residents enjoy a Saturday morning tree walk
(Plain Press September 2025) Old Brooklyn Tree Stewards and Friends of Harmody Park combined for the first Old Brooklyn Tree Walk on Saturday morning August 9th. The event included scavenger hunts, tree talks, a demonstration of how to measure a tree’s age nondestructively, and a survey of what improvements people would like to see…
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Refurbished basketball courts at Trent Park are now open(photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, August 18, 2025; Trent Park, Trent Avenue (between W. 38th and W. 40th – just south of Clark Avenue): (L-R) Juju Tate and Eddie Majors get ready to play some one-on-one basketball at Trent Park. Majors says they have used the new basketball court nearly every day since the refurbished…
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Truth is: We can no longer afford pro sports
by Roldo Bartimole (Plain Press August 2025) If the Browns domed stadium in Brook Park tiff tells anything it says loudly that Cleveland and Cuyahoga County taxpayers can no longer afford the rapacious desires of billionaire sports owners. We simply cannot pay their tab any longer. It is a hard truth for…
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Kudos to Cameron Mays’ satirical ‘Don’t kill Rufus’ piece
To the editor: (Plain Press March 2025) Kudos to Cameron Mays and his ‘Don’t kill Rufus’ piece. (Plain Press, January 2025). It took some convincing from my family to see that Mr. Mays was being satirical. If entire redlined minority neighborhoods can be bulldozed to build lousy highways, then why can’t we eminent domain…
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New putt-putt course opens at Hooper’s Farm (photo)
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY October 2024, Hooper’s Farm, 2835 W. 11th: Erich Hooper announced the opening of a putt-putt course at Hooper’s Farm. The farm is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m., and all day on Mondays and Tuesdays.
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